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Defining the Background of Hypnosis

You have probably seen a number of movies or read books where a character is hypnotized to recall facts from a crime scene or to even stop smoking or lose weight. To a certain extent, some of that is fiction but hypnosis is a valid treatment for a variety of conditions and hypnotherapy is a term coined to describe the use of hypnotism for these treatments.

The history of hypnosis is often disputed but most agree that some form or fashion has existed long before history was written down. The mystics or monks of India and other Asian countries have long practiced meditation for centuries, producing trance-like states within themselves. Observing this, some doctors started employing different techniques to induce patients into a hypnotic-type state in order to conduct medical procedures and other treatments.

It wasn’t until the 1840s that a Scottish doctor James Braid coined the term “neuro-hypnotism” to describe his own technique which greatly differed from other medical practitioners. Of course, today’s hypnotism and hypnosis terms are derived from Braid’s wording. The doctor used a shiny object to engage a patient’s attention until they reached a suggestive state. Braid believed that staring at this shiny object tired the nervous systems, leaving it open to suggestion.

Later in the 19th century, a number of notable doctors including Sigmund Freud starting using hypnosis to help get rid of symptoms of mental conditions. In fact, the use and study of hypnosis is what earned Freud the honor of being called the father of psychoanalysis. In World War I, a Dr. Schultz discovered that hypnotizing soldiers that had some form of post traumatic stress would calm them and ease their symptoms so they could return to fighting more quickly.

As time went on, more of the medical community and practitioners of hypnosis therapy believed that hypnosis was not a true state of unconsciousness mimicking sleep but rather a heightened state of attention and susceptibility to suggestion. Basically, hypnosis clears away the entire excess minutia that normally jumbles the brain so a hypnotherapist can get to the true root of the problem, whether it is clearing misconceptions about eating for weight loss or emotional triggers to help quit smoking.

While many people try a number of treatments first, hypnosis is often used to supplement or enhance them. It is non-invasive as there are no drugs used to create side effects of any kind. However, it is important to point out that hypnosis does not work for everyone as some people simply cannot relinquish any type of control in order for it to work.

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